Joan Tucker Rocks Too!

Joan Tucker, of Off Center Productions, really rocks too! She had a giveaway on her blog and I entered, and I won! That was my lucky/unlucky day, the day I won a cake at Shop 'N Save and the day I fell down the steps and got some deep bruises. This is what she sent me! Wasn't I lucky that day?!?!?!!?

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Dawn Doucette said…

Sue, those are great beads/pendants! Joan Tucker does rock!!! Congrats on your good luck... total bummer on the not-so-good luck. Hope your bruising is going away and somebody brings you a little extra sunshine today!

Can't wait to see what you design with your new baubbles! :)

Have a terrific day!
Dawn

March 11, 2010 at 10:18 AM

Barbara Lewis said…

Sue, Your bruises will heal ... but you can have these from Joan forever! Beautiful!

March 11, 2010 at 10:57 AM

Jenny J-V said…

Joan's pieces are great! Thankfully, you're more lucky than unlucky. Maybe it's time for more cake. haaaaaaaa

March 11, 2010 at 5:02 PM

Happy Accident!

Months ago, I took a class at ArtBliss given by Barbara Lewis of Painting with Fire. It involved learning how to make torch-fired enamel beads. I loved it - as you may be able to guess. Barbara did teach us how to fuse items into a flat pendant, but we didn't spend a lot of time on that process, as the day seemed to go so fast! I was making enameled pieces the other night, and due to my own ineptness (remember the big toe burn???) I was able to fuse these two pieces together totally by accident. Now of course, it isn't a usable piece. However, now that I know how to do it, I can see some pieces like this in my future! I can't wait to get more copper cutouts!

Art Elements Theme of the Month - Seed Pods

The theme for July was seed pods, chosen by Jen. I made a Pinterest board for seed pods - I seem to be using Pinterest a little bit more lately, although it's such a time suck! Not sure how to get the image to appear, though, so you'll have to follow the link I guess!

https://www.pinterest.com/suebeads/seed-pods/

I have made many headpins that look like seed pods, and wanted to make more, but just didn't have time to do it in glass. Here are some photos of ones I have made in the past.

I really really wanted to get some done, but I didn't get to. What I did get to do was experiment a bit in polymer clay. These beads were made using the "salt method". You roll the polymer in salt (not the super fine salt but a little bit bigger grain) and then bake it. When they are done baking, you rinse them off and the salt melts, and you get this impression in the clay that makes them look like seed pods! The top bead is just a pretty orange/ochre color that I highlighted…

Art Elements February Theme Challenge - Birds of Prey

Cathy Mendola chose Birds of Prey for the theme this month, and it's a pretty awesome theme. You are going to see some amazing work by my team members and the guests who have participated this month! I had plans of doing more than I did, as indicated by the purchases I made for the projects I had in my head. However, I have been doing some work in my house, so whenever time permitted, meaning after work and weekend hours, we were pretty much doing the room renovations. One of them is going to be my study/studio, and I seem to be foiled at every move by trying to get some work tables. So I have only one small project to show you this month. But first, the purchases!

This first Bali carved owl totem I got from fifirosedesigns on etsy - I wanted to make a mold and make my own cabochon to use in a necklace. However, I really did get around to doing that. So, I purchased the owl heads below.

These owl head cabochons are from ArtisticVariations84 on etsy - they are just fantastic, but …

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